Evaluating the Effectiveness of Assessment Tools in Various Fields

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Assessment Tools in Various Fields

My future field will be in child/family counseling. Child/family counselors are involved in diagnosing and treating mental health disorders within the context of family systems and marriages. Assessment tools are integral to data collection processes in counseling (Cohen et al., 2022). In counseling, assessment tools and methods may include interviews, questionnaires, surveys, inventories, checklists, and portfolios, among others (Jacobson et al., 2022). Regardless of the form, these tools are important in psychiatric management and may be used in the diagnostic and therapeutic management phases (Vallath et al., 2024). Assessment tools can be used in child/family counseling in diverse ways. These tools help in diagnosing different mental health disorders. They provide insights into client manifestation that point to the diagnosis. Assessment tools can also be used to assess disease severity. This allows them to be integrated into the therapeutic plan as they reveal how well clients respond to the selected therapeutic option (Vaughan et al., 2019).

Assessment tools maintain reliability in psychiatric assessment and diagnosis.  They offer critical information about the presenting clients and guide caregivers into accurate clinical decision-making.  The module’s required reading gives insight into the significance of assessment tools in psychiatric diagnoses. Assessments answer referral questions, solve clinical problems, and enable caregivers to arrive at a clinical decision using diverse clinical tools (Cohen et al., 2022, p. 4). The most commonly used assessment tools, such as portfolios, interviews, case history data, behavioral observation, and role-play tests, allow the therapist to have all-rounded information on their clients, enabling them to formulate a diagnosis. Likewise, they direct clinical interrogation, ensuring it maintains objectivity toward answering clinical questions and addressing presenting client concerns (Cohen et al., 2022, pp. 10-18). This highlights the necessity of diverse assessment tools.

References

Cohen, R. J., Schneider, W. J., & Tobin, R. M. (2022). Psychological testing and assessment: An introduction to tests and measurement. McGraw Hill.

Jacobson, N. C., Yom-Tov, E., Lekkas, D., Heinz, M., Liu, L., & Barr, P. J. (2022). Impact of online mental health screening tools on help-seeking, care receipt, and suicidal ideation and suicidal intent: Evidence from internet search behavior in a large U.S. cohort. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 145, 276–283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.11.010

Vallath, A. L., Sivasubramanian, B. P., Ravikumar, D. B., Lalendran, A., Krishnan, S., Samanta, S., Banerjee, S., Das, T., Kundu, R., Richharia, V., More, R., Khithani, M., Nazimudeen, S., Gunturu, S., & Dasgupta, I. (2024). The importance of rapid assessment tools in evaluating mental health in emergency departments among patients with chronic diseases. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1258749

Vaughan, E. M., Johnston, C. A., Moreno, J. P., Cheskin, L. J., Dutton, G. R., Gee, M., Gaussoin, S. A., Knowler, W. C., Rejeski, W. J., Wadden, T. A., Yanovski, S. Z., & Foreyt, J. P. (2019). Symptom prevalence differences of depression as measured by BDI and PHQ scales in the look-ahead study. Obesity Science & Practice, 6(1), 28–38. https://doi.org/10.1002/

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Prompt: Think about ways in your current or future field (or in your experience) in which assessment tools are used. Which assessments are used, and do you think they are effective? Why or why not?

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Assessment Tools in Various Fields

Use your own words to briefly summarize one or two points from this module’s required readings that would support or lead you to reconsider your conclusions about the assessments’ effectiveness.

*** My future field will be in child/family counseling***